| Message ID | 20110130041047.GA6290@gondor.apana.org.au |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
| Headers | show |
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:10:47 +1100 > gro: Reset dev pointer on reuse > > On older kernels the VLAN code may zero skb->dev before dropping > it and causing it to be reused by GRO. > > Unfortunately we didn't reset skb->dev in that case which causes > the next GRO user to get a bogus skb->dev pointer. > > This particular problem no longer happens with the current upstream > kernel due to changes in VLAN processing. > > However, for correctness we should still reset the skb->dev pointer > in the GRO reuse function in case a future user does the same thing. > > Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Applied, thanks Herbert. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 24ea2d7..93e44db 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -3424,6 +3424,7 @@ static void napi_reuse_skb(struct napi_struct *napi, struct sk_buff *skb) __skb_pull(skb, skb_headlen(skb)); skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN - skb_headroom(skb)); skb->vlan_tci = 0; + skb->dev = napi->dev; napi->skb = skb; }
Hi: gro: Reset dev pointer on reuse On older kernels the VLAN code may zero skb->dev before dropping it and causing it to be reused by GRO. Unfortunately we didn't reset skb->dev in that case which causes the next GRO user to get a bogus skb->dev pointer. This particular problem no longer happens with the current upstream kernel due to changes in VLAN processing. However, for correctness we should still reset the skb->dev pointer in the GRO reuse function in case a future user does the same thing. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Cheers,